Four drawings of the lower extremities of four different life-drawing models. Each drawing occupies a quarter section of the composition. The graphite lines indicated volume and manipulation of proportion. 

Feet in the Door

A face developed from a single line accented by lines of movement 

Facing the Day

Black ink on white paper: a detailed and cropped close-up of a dragonfly

Little Did I Know...

A graphite portrait of a woman's face, head tilted to the side, eyes gazing downward in thought. 

Portrait of Woman

A portrait of a man whose expression reveals the inner angst of the human condition. Black and gray on white paper, it is timeless. Its relevance transcends the limits of age, race, or gender. 

Everyman 1

Blue Dragon flying through radio active thunder storm.

Thunder Dragon

A portraiture drawing of a lone doll, against a hazy black charcoal background.

Isolation

A marker and colored pencil drawing of a gray, black and white miniature schnauzer with a purple toy, against a background of pale blue, with a brown forground.

Phoebe, The Cute Dog

On brown craft paper the word "breathe" is drawn across the center of the page like illuminated letters from medieval times. The letters are black with copper color and white with lots of filigree. Behind it is a pair of lungs that are drawn to also look like wings which are filled with vines. The copper, black and white color scheme is used in the lung/wings as well.

Breathe

Cabin on a lake with trees and mountain in background

Tiny Sketch

Child’s silhouette composed with black outlines of a cage fence 

Children don’t belong in cages 

A frame, sectioned into 4 that depicts 4 humanized representations of the seasons existing together.

Seasonal Harmony

A colored pencil drawing of a young child on a reclining chair, buried under a thick, blue blanket.

All Good

A pen and ink drawing of overlapping mandala images as though they are flowers growing in a dense garden. They are surrounded by a single line outline that terminates in a small cluster of leaf shapes in the upper left and right corners.

Mandala Garden

A contemporary still-life created with a cubistic influence and earth tones that offers a wish for tranquility.

A Toast to Tranquility

A painting of a black women looking over her shoulder at dawn. the sky is purple and orange. she wears a light blue top and a denim scarf. She wears a large square earring with symbols etched into it.

When Solace Overwhelmed Us

Ink illustration of Thelma embracing her freedom from the patriarchy 

Thelma

Anime drawing of caped figure with sword and sheath

Tribute to _pon_ko_tsu

Earth tone skeletal remains of a small animal, and a great horned owl feather, arranged in a vertical format.

Remnants - Predator and Prey

Three big red Honeycrisp apples on brown branches with several green leaves. Four of the leaves have brown spots. These apples were grown in a Minnesota Landscape Arboretum garden. They were delicious!

Honeycrisp Apples at the ARB

A drawing of a young, grey shaded Somali woman wearing a bright blue, silk hijab draped over her head and across her shoulders 

Blue and Beautiful

A rendering of a swan settling down onto the lake in the twilight of day.

Hope

Red, yellow and green shades of pastel imagine the shapes and shadows of a sleepless night spent drawing, hoping for a life still.

Sleepless Still Life

A swirling ink drawing on paper of various hands, walls, wire and rocks - exploring themes of oppression occupation and division.

Hands

A drawing of a cowboy riding a colorful alien-dinosaur creature.

Alien Cowboy

A drawing of two icicle covered houses in a gray and dingy snowy urban setting with overhead wires and garbage cans.

Two Houses

An abstract drawing consisting of bands of tone with two motifs. A series of wider bands of tone progress light to dark to light to dark to light and read as a ground of cylindrical form. A second motif reads as overlaid consisting of narrow bands of tone dark to light to dark to light to dark.

"Industrielle"

A drawing of a gem stone colored leopard skull with purple mushrooms and amethyst crystals growing from the skull. The cat appears like it was growling or fighting it's prey before it met its demise. Life grows from death as the skull now shimmers in gem stone rainbows. 

Crystalized Fungi 

A drawing of a bird, flower, bee, and mountains.

Spring

A pastel chalk on sanded paper of a ripe red pepper on a neutral background with a shadow.

Red Pepper

An artwork featuring my son Frank using realistic colors in the foreground against a more neutral colored background. The goldfish add a touch of humor.  

Feet in the Door, 2020

Jo Ann Hendricks